2007 Campeonato Paulista

The 2007 Campeonato Paulista|Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 106th edition of São Paulo's top professional football league. The competition began on 17 January and ended on 22 April, with the finals, and was held at the Morumbi in São Paulo. Santos successfully defended its 16th titile to add to its cache the 2007 Cam 17th title and 2nd consecutive after a 2–2 aggregate score in the finals against São Caetano.[1] As Santos had the best campaign in the first phase, they were crowned champions. This season marked the return of the Campeonato do Interior (Interior Championship), where the clubs from the countryside of the state of São Paulo that did not qualify to the knockout phase would contest among themselves to determine the champion club from the countryside.

Campeonato Paulista - Série A1
Season2007
ChampionsSantos (17th title)
RelegatedAmérica
São Bento
Rio Branco
Santo André
Matches played202
Goals scored603 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerSomália (13)
Average attendancethe
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First phase

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Santos 19 16 2 1 45 19 +26 50 Advanced to the Semi-finals
2 São Paulo 19 13 5 1 41 14 +27 44
3 São Caetano 19 11 3 5 32 22 +10 36
4 Bragantino 19 10 5 4 35 17 +18 35
5 Palmeiras 19 10 5 4 39 25 +14 35
6 Paulista 19 9 4 6 34 31 +3 31
7 Noroeste 19 9 3 7 38 30 +8 30
8 Ponte Preta 19 9 3 7 29 24 +5 30
9 Corinthians 19 8 5 6 35 27 +8 29
10 Guaratinguetá 19 7 4 8 29 26 +3 25
11 Ituano 19 7 4 8 22 25 −3 25
12 Rio Claro 19 5 7 7 23 31 −8 22
13 Juventus-SP 19 6 2 11 18 31 −13 20
14 Marília 19 5 5 9 29 30 −1 20
15 Barueri 19 6 1 12 24 40 −16 19
16 Sertãozinho 19 4 7 8 22 33 −11 19
17 América-SP 19 4 5 10 22 36 −14 17 Relegated to the Série A2
18 São Bento 19 4 4 11 27 48 −21 16
19 Rio Branco-SP 19 3 4 12 18 40 −22 13
20 Santo André 27 2 4 21 40 37 +3 10
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2007. Source: UOL Esporte
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored

Results
Home \ Away AME BAR BRG COR GTG ITU JUV MAC NOR PAL PTA PON RBR RCL STA SAN SBE SCA SPA SER
América-SP
Barueri 1:2
Bragantino
Corinthians 3:1
Guaratinguetá
Ituano 1:1
Juventus-SP 3:0
Marília 3:0
Noroeste 4:2
Palmeiras 4:2
Paulista
Ponte Preta
Rio Branco-SP 1:0
Rio Claro
Santo André
Santos
São Bento
São Caetano 2:0
São Paulo
Sertãozinho 1:3
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2012. Source: Futpédia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout phase

Bracket
  Semi-finals Finals
                         
1 Santos 0 0 0  
4 Bragantino 0 0 0  
    1 Santos 0 2 2
  3 São Caetano 2 0 2
2 São Paulo 1 1 2
3 São Caetano 1 4 5  

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos 0–0 Bragantino 0–0 0–0
São Paulo 2–5 São Caetano 1–1 1–4

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santos 2–2 São Caetano 0–2 2–0

Campeonato do Interior

Bracket
  Semi-finals Finals
                         
6 Paulista 0 1 1  
10 Guaratinguetá 1 2 3  
    10 Guaratinguetá 1 1 2
  7 Noroeste 1 0 1
7 Noroeste 2 1 3
8 Ponte Preta 1 1 2  

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paulista 1–3 Guaratinguetá 0–1 1–2
Noroeste 3–2 Ponte Preta 2–1 1–1

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guaratinguetá 2–1 Noroeste 1–1 1–0

Top scorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Somália São Caetano 13
2 Edmundo Palmeiras 12
Finazzi Ponte Preta 12
3 Edno Noroeste 11
Cléber Santana Santos 11
4 Sorato Ituano 10
5 Marcos Denner Paulista 9
6 Alex Afonso Bragantino 8
Thiago Humberto Grêmio Barueri 8
Osmar Palmeiras 8
Gílson Paulista 8
Roberto Santos São Bento 8

Source: [2]

See also

References
  1. "Santos win Campeonato Paulista" (in Portuguese). UOL.
  2. "2007 Campeonato Paulista top scorers". UOL.
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